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Nalini Bagchi

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Nalinikanta Bagchi
নলিনীকান্ত বাগচী
Born1897 (1897)
DiedJune 16, 1918(1918-06-16) (aged 20–21)
Alma materKrishnath College, Bankipur College, Bhagalpur College
Political partyJugantar
MovementIndian Independence Movement
FatherBhubanmohan Bagchi

Nalinikanta Bagchi (1896 – 16 June 1918) was a revolutionary who participated in the Indian Independence Movement. Bagchi's original home was in Shikarpur in Nadia district.

Early life

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Born at Kanchanatala in Murshidabad, his father's name is Bhubanmohan Bagchi. He studied at Krishnath College, Bahrampur. Later, he studied at Bankipur College and Bhagalpur College in Patna. While studying at Krishnath College, Berhampore, he joined the revolutionary party of Jugantar. He went to Bankipur College and Bhagalpur College in Patna to avoid getting arrested by the police. He tried to provoke the ideas of freedom struggle among the soldiers of Danapur. He took shelter at Athgaon in Guwahati under the direction of the party. Here, on January 12, 1918, after an armed battle with the police, he and Satish Chandra Pakrashi crossed the police cordon and moved to the forest. He also repulsed another attack on Navagraha hill. Disguised as a Muslim, he reached Lumding station on foot, after seven days of starvation and insomnia. Later he came to Calcutta in a state of smallpox. One of his comrades, saw him lying on the ground and took care of him.

Encounter and death

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He then went to Dhaka and but he was again surrounded by the police at Kaltabazar, Dhaka on June 15, 1917. An armed battle began between Nalini and the police. He was severely wounded in the exchange of fire and was arrested. His companion Tariniprasanna Majumdar, who was along with him, was shot dead. Nalini died at Mitford hospital, Dhaka on the same day. Despite police torture before his death, he did not mention his name. One policeman was killed and several others were injured in the fighting. His patron Chaitanya Dey(Aswinikumar Dey) was sentenced to ten years in prison.[1][2] A road in the town of Berhampore in Murshidabad and a bridge over the Berhampore-Jalangi state road are named in his memory.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cakrabartī, Trailokya Nātha (1963). জেলে ত্রিশ বছর [Thirty years in prison] (in Bengali). Calcutta: Alpha-Beta Publications. OCLC 7969453.
  2. ^ Saṃsada Bāṅāli caritābhidhāna. Prathama khaṇḍa : prāẏa cāra sahasrādhika jībanī-saṃbalita ākara grantha (in Bengali). Añjali Basu, S. C. Sen Gupta, অঞ্জলি বসু, এস. সি., ১৯০৩-১৯৯৮ সেন গুপ্ত (Saṃśodhita paṅcama saṃskaraṇa Volume I ed.). Kalakātā (published November 2013). 2010. p. 346. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6. OCLC 972910133.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ The Roll of Honour Anecdotes of Indian Martyrs. Calcutta: Vidhya Bharathi. 1960. OCLC 53070870.